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Definition of Melolontha
1. Noun. A genus of Melolonthidae.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Melolonthidae, Subfamily Melolonthidae
Member holonyms: Cockchafer, May Beetle, May Bug, Melolontha Melolontha
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melolontha
Literary usage of Melolontha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Animal and Vegetable Physiology Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by Peter Mark Roget (1834)
"The recent work of Straus Durckheim affords an equally striking example of
admirable arrangement in the muscles of the f '.M Melolontha vulgaris, or ..."
2. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"Of the Cockchafer [Melolontha vulgaris].—This beetle flies about in the beginning
of the months of June and July; commonly about the tops of trees, houses, ..."
3. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton by Gilbert White, James Edmund Harting (1889)
"I dressed one of these Melolontha FULLO. birds, and found it juicy and well-flavoured.
... Melolontha ..."
4. The Protection of Woodlands Against Dangers Arising from Organic and by G. Kauschinger, Hermann Heinrich von Fürst (1893)
"The Cockchafer, May-beetle, or May-bug, Melolontha vulgaris. As a beetle, this
insect's attacks are almost exclusively confined to broad-leaved species of ..."
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